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San Antonio is pretty much like an hour away. The small retirement towns between them are now over-fucking-run by mommy vans. Crazy traffic. I was seriously considering putting down a rental in that area until I got there. I thought tailgating was pretty much a western thing, but Texas is no different it seems. Why is everyone in this damn country in a rush? How can we get back.

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>The small retirement towns between them are now over-fucking-run by mommy vans.

I don't understand this. Are you upset that communities of retirees are being displaced by...moms? Not criticizing at all, just no idea what this sentence means or why "mommy-vans" are bad.

Not the OP but I wonder if they meant that the small retirement towns (presumably Buda, San Marcos, Kyle, etc.) are now mostly single family commuters and thus much more expensive and crowded than before.

> I thought tailgating was pretty much a western thing

I've driven across country a few times and most of my genuine fear moments on the road came in Texas. In LA you get the sense that some asshole is late for a meeting or took too many uppers that morning. On Texas interstates it feels more like you're in a remake of Duel

I have seen it vary by city with Houston drivers bordering on homicidal, Dallas being no-nonsense fast (with many left lane hogs), and Austin being a bit too easy going (plus many left lane hogs). I miss MN - people sure (used to) drive nice up there. One thing to keep in mind is that trucks and giant SUVs rule the roost here so if you are driving a smaller car, things will generally look scary.

Minnesota drivers are not very good in my experience. They are so passive aggressive that they made a law that said you had to zipper merge, but no one does it and you end up with ridiculous one-lane backups that go on forever because of said passive aggressiveness.

Definitely - most the incidents I'm referring to were on 10 around Houston (all sorts of vehicles but especially trucks & SUVs) or on 20 heading west away from DFW (big rigs)

> Why is everyone in this damn country in a rush?

Time is money, the average American has little of either.

Interesting that I found that everywhere in the USA, coming from asia, driving in the US is so much less stressing, easier and most people are actually following the rules.

Drivers around San Antonio can be insane, from my experience

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